Thompson, Francis

1888 - He wrote his first poems after finding light work with a shoemaker, and the publication of two of his poems in Wilfrid Meynell's periodical, Merry England, aroused the admiration of Robert Browning.

1893 - Meynell and his wife, Alice, befriended Thompson, induced him to enter a hospital, nursed him through convalescence, and arranged publication of a collection, Poems, which was highly praised.

1897 - Thompson lived near a Franciscan priory in north Wales.

1895 - He wrote Sister Songs.

1897 - He wrote New Poems.

- He also wrote a number of prose works, mostly published posthumously, including the essay Shelley.